Construction partner joins Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs in Australia has appointed construction partner Brent Henderson
EQT's fifth infra fund hits €12.5bn target
EQT has held a first close for its fifth infrastructure fund – reaching its €12.5 billion target size after beginning fundraising last June (2020)
Institutional to take Vantage stake
Institutional investors including Digital Colony and equity fund RRJ are among those planning to buy into the IPO of Vodafone’s tower arm Vantage Towers
Schroders nears target for sub-debt fund
Schroders has raised €532 million ($632m) for its latest high-yield infrastructure debt fund
DWF shuts Australian offices in strategy pull back
UK headquartered law firm DWF has this week announced that it is to lay off nearly 70% of its staff in Australia in a bid to "rationalise" its legal advisory operations in the country
MIRA seals Vocus takeover deal
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in collaboration with Aware Super has today finalised the deal to acquire telecommunications giant Vocus Group in accordance with the takeover bid lobbed in January
Asian lifer commits to funds
A Taipei-based life insurance company’s investment committee decided to commit nearly $150 million to infrastructure funds
Campbell Lutyens opens Paris office after Brexit
Advisory firm Campbell Lutyens is opening a Paris office to maintain a foot in the European market following Brexit
Northern Data closes Swedish acquisition
Northern Data AG has closed the acquisition of a data centre site it acquired in January near the city of Boden, Northern Sweden
Fundraising begins on digital infra fund IPO
Today marks the IPO launch date of Triple Point’s Digital Infrastructure 9 (DGI9) – a new investment trust for digital infrastructure assets
Stromsoe joins HSBC as it expands alternatives platform
HSBC has today added to its alternatives team with the appointment of Michael Stromsoe as head of investor relations
IFC's first investment in Kyrgyz telecoms yet to close
The World Bank Group member is providing a loan to Kyrgyzstan’s largest privately owned, wholesale broadband operator
French fund manager holds interim close
SWEN Capital Partners has held an interim closing for its fourth flagship infrastructure fund
AIIM acquires majority stake in Ghanaian data centre
South African infra fund manager AIIM has acquired a majority stake in Ghana-based data centre Ngoya Etix DC via its flagship pan-African investment fund AIIF3
IJGlobal Awards 2020 – submissions… one week to go
One week remains for submissions to be completed for the IJGlobal Awards 2020 and we are delighted to confirm that there has already been significant uptake… though there are quite a few entries that still need to be completed… and we want more